Your Body Is Designed to Attack a New Organ, Now We Know Why
Scientists think they've found the molecular basis for organ transplant rejection. Now that we know its cause, could we prevent its effect? Scientists Want to Transplant a Human Head, Here's...
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Imagine waiting for a new lung or kidney transplant … you finally get one, go through intense surgery, and then after a few years, your body’s like NOPE I DON’T LIKE THIS THING, GET IT OUT and rejects that vital organ. ... heartbreaking, right? Transplant rejection happens, and more often than you’d think. About 50% of all transplanted organs are rejected within 10-12 years. That’s a staggering number. Organ rejection happens at the molecular level, something just isn’t compatible, and finally, scientists think they’ve uncovered the basis of this response. This is a-metaphorically-huge-but-literally microscopic-thing! So we have to understand how the body deals with a foreign lung or liver or whatever. And that relationship starts with the i...
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Imagine waiting for a new lung or kidney transplant … you finally get one, go through intense surgery, and then after a few years, your body’s like NOPE I DON’T LIKE THIS THING, GET IT OUT and rejects that vital organ. ... heartbreaking, right? Transplant rejection happens, and more often than you’d think. About 50% of all transplanted organs are rejected within 10-12 years. That’s a staggering number. Organ rejection happens at the molecular level, something just isn’t compatible, and finally, scientists think they’ve uncovered the basis of this response. This is a-metaphorically-huge-but-literally microscopic-thing! So we have to understand how the body deals with a foreign lung or liver or whatever. And that relationship starts with the i...
